2. Is This You?

3. Looking For Answers in All the Wrong Places at work

4. Looking For Answers in All the Wrong Places Social media

5. Looking For Answers in All the Wrong Places at a bar

6. Looking For Answers in All the Wrong Places worldly counsel

7. Looking For Answers in All the Wrong Places ignoring the problem(s)

8. Have You Really Tried This? Ask your Father and listen to His counsel.

9. Marriage compared to Christ and the church. Marriage is ordained of God. Marriage is honorable. Marriage is for life.

10. Marriage is for a man and a woman. Sexual fulfillment Companionship Rightful bearing of children.

11. Does Your Marriage Need A ?

12. Married 10 years or less 1.communication 2.spiritual growth 3.time alone – romance 4.finances / spouse roles Married 11 – 20 years 1.communication 2.time alone – romance 3.trust and forgiveness 4.spiritual growth

13. Married 21 – 30 years 1.communication 2.time alone – romance 3.spiritual growth 4.finances / love and trust Married 30+ years 1.communication 2.spiritual growth 3.loving each other 4.time alone – romance

14. Does Your Marriage Need A ? Growing Spiritually 1.How serious are you about going to heaven (Col 3:1-2)? 2. What exactly are you doing to help your spouse get to heaven? 3. Do you really understand how important a soul is (Mat 16:24-26)? 4. The secret of true intimacy.

15. HusbandWife God Getting closer to God Gets you closer to each other know Gen 4:1 I John 2:3

16. Does Your Marriage Need A ? Growing Spiritually 1.How serious are you about going to heaven (Col 3:1-2)? 2. What exactly are you doing to help your spouse get to heaven? 3. Do you really understand how important a soul is (Mat 16:24-26)? 4. The secret of true intimacy. 5. Make the time to grow spiritually.

17. Part 2

18. Is This You?

19. Have You Really Tried This? Ask your Father and listen to His counsel.

20. Marriage compared to Christ and the church. Marriage is ordained of God. Marriage is honorable. Marriage is for life.

21. Marriage is for a man and a woman. Sexual fulfillment Companionship Rightful bearing of children.

22. Does Your Marriage Need A ?

23. ? Communication

24. ? Communication Learn to listen to your spouse.

26. Does Your Marriage Need A ? Communication Biblical Rules for Good 1.The Golden Rule (Mat 7:12) 2. O Be Careful Little Tongue (Mat 12:36-37) 3. Answer Softly (Pro 15:1) 4. Mean What You Say (Jam 5:12) 5. Be A Good Listener (Jam 1:19-20) 6. Cool Off (Eph 4:26)

27. Does Your Marriage Need A ? Communication A Plan For Good 1.Take time each day to talk (tune-up) 2. Start with prayer (hold hands) 3. Be very open, truthful, loving with each point 4. End on positive note – how much you love each other, etc. 5. End with prayer and a hug

28. Does Your Marriage Need A ? Love, Affection and Romance 1.God commands spouses to love each other (Eph 5:25; Tit 2:4). 2. Most would probably say they love their spouse very much. 3. How would you really know for sure? 4. I Cor 13:4-8a

29. Agape - Love I Corinthians 13:4-8a v. 4 “patient” (suffereth long) “kind” “not jealous” (envieth not) “does not brag” (does not parade itself) “not arrogant” (not puffed up)

30. Agape - Love I Corinthians 13:4-8a v. 5 “does not act unbecomingly” “does not seek its own” “is not provoked” “does not take into account a wrong”

31. Agape - Love I Corinthians 13:4-8a v. 6 “does not rejoice in unrighteousness” “rejoices with the truth”

32. Agape - Love I Corinthians 13:4-8a v. 7 “bears all things” “believes all things” “hopes all things” “endures all things”

33. Agape - Love I Corinthians 13:4-8a v. 8a “love never fails” The 5 Love Languages By Gary Chapman Quiz online: www.5lovelanguages.com/assessment

34. Does Your Marriage Need A ? Love, Affection and Romance 1.God commands spouses to love each other (Eph 5:25; Tit 2:4). 2. Most would probably say they love their spouse very much. 3. How would you really know? 4. I Cor 13:4-8a 5. IF spouses really loved each other, would affection and romance be a problem?